Sarah L's Film Studies Blog 2020

I have enjoyed this class so much this semester. Especially as someone so interested in writing, I found analyzing the construction of the plot and language alongside the cinematic choices to be really educational. I've learned to look at what's going on "behind-the-scenes" a lot more, which I didn't used to do for a movie unless I really, really loved it. From learning about Orson Welles's complete control over Citizen Kane  at such a young age to Aaron Sorkin's open letter to Mark Zuckerberg, I've realized that my understanding of a movie and it's subtext and messaging and purpose can be a lot clearer if I do some digging after watching the movie. I hate going into movies knowing anything about them, though, so I'm glad we didn't talk too much about the context of the movies we watched in class until afterwards.  I'm really glad I learned about all the aspects of the moving camera this semester. There's so much there that a...

1. One lawsuit was from the Winklevoss twins because they felt like Mark stole their idea for a college social network, and the other lawsuit was from Eduardo because he got screwed out of the company after Mark diluted his shares in the company and then kicked him out. I'm pretty sure the lawsuits were happening about 6 years after this, but I guess that wouldn't make sense that it would take that long for the lawsuits to happen. Erica is in the movie to serve as a "before success" reminder that forces him to reflect on the people he's plowed over and the relationships he's destroyed in order to reach the success his company has reached. The undercuts Sean as a coward when he flinches at Eduardo's fake-punch, depicting him as a scaredy cat who hides behind his fame and money to seem tougher than he is. There's also the part in his house when the cops show up and he says "that's not mine" and has to panic-call Mark from the police statio...